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Vibe.co

Principal Data Engineer – Governance & Compliance

Vibe.co

Data Engineer specializing in governance and compliance for Vibe’s data platform and systems. Shaping and securing data assets for performance marketing.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇫🇷 FranceLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build a clear understanding of Vibe’s key data flows, sources of truth, and ownership.
  • Help define schemas, data contracts, documentation, and standards for how data should be used across the company.
  • Improve data discoverability so teams can confidently understand what data exists, where it lives, and how to use it.
  • Establish practical standards around data quality, lineage, observability, and ownership.
  • Define, maintain and enforce data lifecycle policies.
  • Help teams track data cost and usage.
  • Define and implement data compliance practices aligned with Vibe’s business, partners, and regulatory needs.
  • Partner with Legal, Product, Security, and Engineering to assess the impact of new data sources, partnerships, and use cases.
  • Help clarify what data can be used, how it can be used, where it should live, and how long it should be retained.
  • Support Vibe’s ability to work confidently with premium publishers, enterprise advertisers, and strategic partners.
  • Build guardrails, not gatekeepers, enabling engineers and teams to move fast while making safe, compliant decisions.
  • Embed governance and compliance into existing engineering workflows, tools, and architectural decisions.
  • Help Vibe transition toward a more security, and compliance-aware, data culture.
  • Identify the biggest risks, gaps, and opportunities, then define a pragmatic roadmap to address them.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Hands-on experience building or operating large-scale data platforms.
  • Strong practical experience with data governance, data quality, data contracts, lineage, access control, or compliance-oriented data architecture.
  • A proven track record implementing compliance frameworks in real engineering systems.
  • Experience working with sensitive, regulated, or contractually constrained data.
  • Ability to translate legal, compliance, security, and business requirements into practical engineering solutions.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills across Engineering, Product, Legal, Security, and Analytics.
  • Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor with high ownership and strong influence.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, early-stage environments, and building structure where it does not yet exist.
  • Based in Europe, or able to work closely with European engineering teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Variable pay — based on objectives you hit. No arbitrary targets.
  • Hybrid flexibility — We're in the heart of Paris and our team is in 3x a week.
  • Health insurance — Full coverage via Alan.
  • Meal vouchers — Via Swile.
  • Annual offsite — The whole team, once a year, somewhere worth the trip.
  • Tech Syncs — Engineering and Product meet in person at least quarterly, worldwide.

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Hard Skills & Tools
data governancedata qualitydata contractsdata lineageaccess controlcompliance frameworksdata architecturedata compliance practicesdata lifecycle policiesdata discoverability
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementhigh ownershipstrong influencecomfort with ambiguitybuilding structurecollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadership